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Softened decrease in new buildings
Preliminary figures show a decrease in new dwellings, holiday homes and industrial buildings in January-May 2012 compared with the same period in 2011. In all three sectors the decrease is about 10-12 per cent.
A total of 11 304 new dwellings were given building starts in January-May; a decrease of 1 216 dwellings compared with the same period last year.
A total of 1.5 million square metres of utility floor space for industrial buildings were started in January-May. This is 12.6 per cent less than in the corresponding period in 2011. Holiday properties (cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities similarly decreased by 8.9 per cent.
Overall, new utility floor space decreased by 11 per cent. Figures for building starts are slightly higher for May 2012 compared with May 2011.
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Number of dwellings | 2 118 | 2 425 | 14.5 | 12 520 | 11 304 | -9.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility floor space, 1 000 m2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 693.3 | 726.3 | 4.8 | 4 059.4 | 3 614.6 | -11.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dwellings | 304.6 | 335.6 | 10.1 | 1 688.5 | 1 519.3 | -10.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other buildings | 388.6 | 390.8 | 0.6 | 2 370.9 | 2 095.3 | -11.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Industrial buildings2 | 272.2 | 259.7 | -4.6 | 1 730.9 | 1 512.0 | -12.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holiday property(cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities | 116.4 | 131.1 | 12.6 | 640.0 | 583.3 | -8.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | The figures for all months from January 2011 until November 2011 where revised 8 February 2012. |
2 | Also Includes building for education, health and social work and public administration. |
More figures are available in StatBank .
Registered building permissionsFigures for buildings in the building statistics rely on dates for when permits are registered by the municipality in the data register (Matrikkelen). A building permit does not always mean that construction will be started at once. Especially in low conjunctures it might be that construction projects are not realised, or may be postponed after a building permit has been granted. When the building activity trend turns from a low to a high level, and vice versa, this could affect the interpretation of the statistics. More about comparability, quality and other information in "About the statistics" . |
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